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BIG ISLAND
Man charged in shooting deaths
Hawai'i County Police Department photo
Big Island police have charged one man with murder and made a second arrest in the deaths of two men whose badly decomposed bodies were found Thursday in the Fern Acres subdivision.
John McGovern is being held without bail on the Big Island.
John McGovern, 18, of no permanent address, was charged yesterday with first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and several firearms and drug charges. McGovern was being held without bail at the Hilo police cellblock pending arraignment in Hilo District Court.
Acting on the request by Hilo detectives yesterday, Kona detectives arrested a 19-year-old man, who also has no permanent address. He was being held last night at the Hilo police cellblock pending further investigation.
The two are being held for the murder of two young men whose bodies were found off Lehua Street in the Fern Acres subdivision of Puna Thursday afternoon.
Preliminary autopsy results determined that both had died of gunshot wounds to the head.
Volcanoes fire update
The total area burned in the lava-ignited fires at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is now 3,600 acres, officials said last night.
Three hot-shot crews of 60 firefighters arrived from California and Arizona yesterday. Another crew of 20 firefighters is expected to arrive from Arizona today.
MAUI
Court disbars Maui attorney
The state Supreme Court has disbarred Maui attorney Lowell Chatburn, effective June 29, for numerous ethical violations, including the commingling and conversion of client money for his own use, the high court announced Friday.
The Supreme Court ordered Chatburn, 55, to pay $128,592.59 in restitution to Dorvin Leis of Maui.
